Tag: Moscow
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U.S. Envoy Signals Proximity to Ukraine Peace Agreement Amid Radical Demands from Moscow
U.S. President Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was “really close” and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to be radical changes to some of the U.S. proposals. Mr. Trump, who says he wants to be remembered as a “peacemaker” president,…
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High-Speed Double-Decker Train Service Launched by Russian Railways from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod
State rail operator Russian Railways (RZD) on Wednesday inaugurated a high-speed double-decker train on the route between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, marking a return of the Burevestnik service that first ran in the 1960s. The new trains, also named Burevestnik, replace the original single-deck service retired in 2014 as part of RZD’s fleet modernization. Until…